Peakhurst's townhouses and terraces
Townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses make up 24% of occupied homes in Peakhurst, above the state's 12%. Separate houses make up 57%, below 66% statewide, and flats or apartments 18%, below the state's 22%. On Census night 6% of private dwellings in Peakhurst were unoccupied, below the New South Wales figure of 9%. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer come to 28%, below 30% across the state. Three-bedroom homes account for 36%, above 35%, and homes with four or more bedrooms for 35%, above the state's 34%.
Who Peakhurst households rent from, and what they repay
Of Peakhurst's renting households, 52% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below 69% across New South Wales. In Peakhurst, 28% of households rent, below the state's 33%. Mortgage holders account for 37%, above 33% statewide, and outright owners for 32%, the same as the state.
The median mortgage repayment in Peakhurst is $2,500 a month, above the New South Wales median of $2,167. Median rent is $440 a week, above the state's $420, and median household income is $1,835 a week, above $1,829. Worked out on this page from the rent and income medians, the median weekly rent equals 24% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, above 23% across the state.
Peakhurst residents and their 2016 address
Among people aged five and over in Peakhurst, 59% lived at the same address five years earlier, above 54% across New South Wales. The figure comes from one 2021 question about where each person lived in 2016. The suburb of Peakhurst had 12,079 residents at the 2021 Census. Their median age was 41 years, above 39 across New South Wales, and an average household held 2.7 people, above the state figure of 2.6.